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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Finders Keepers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what diseases did Flaubert suffer?
(a) Diabetes and heart disease.
(b) Syphilis and diabetes.
(c) Diabetes and epilepsy.
(d) Epilepsy and syphilis.

2. What does Geoffrey hope will result from his discussion with Ed?
(a) Light will be shed on Flaubert's behavior in London.
(b) Light will be shed on Flaubert's state of mind when he wrote Madame Bovary.
(c) Light will be shed on Flaubert's relationship with his niece.
(d) Light will be shed on how the Flaubert museums can be updated.

3. How does Flaubert feel about the organization of his ideas?
(a) He purposely lets ideas fall where they will.
(b) He puts everything into neat little categories.
(c) He wants others to organize his ideas for him.
(d) He is haphazard about organization about half the time.

4. Who does Flaubert feel he will be tied to until one of them dies?
(a) His mother.
(b) Elisa Schlesinger.
(c) His sister.
(d) Louise Colet.

5. At the Hotel-Dieu, the museum is partly about Flaubert and partly about what?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) Medical history.
(c) Natural history.
(d) World literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Geoffrey compares biographies to what objects?

2. About a year after their first meeting, Geoffrey agrees to meet with Ed for what reason?

3. What does Geoffrey learn about Ed when he meets him at the restaurant?

4. Flaubert's ideas in the third section of the chronology are expressed through which literary device?

5. What does Geoffrey ask Ed about the content of the letters?

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